I've been incredibly busy over the last few days. When I first started writing this entry it was Sunday and now it's Sunday again… anyway, I put some pictures up from Sunday two weeks ago when I was still in Italy. In the morning, the whole group of us went to Fiesole which is located on the hills next to Florence. There is a nice roman site and on these hills you have a beautiful view of some landscape of Tuscany. Unfortunately, I had to leave early to get back to Bologna for my flight to the UK. Back home, I mostly focused on my research. I had a meeting with my supervisor last Tuesday which went pretty well. Since then, I've been working on defining my exact research questions and I've also been studying more research methodology.
When I went to the library to get some books for my research, I also picked up a book about photography and a book by Henry Plotkin. I've had a digital camera for quite a while now and take simple snapshots but I'd like to improve my skills and hope this photography book is a good start to get some basics. Plotkin's book is about evolutionary psychology. I wanted to read some of his books since I attended his lecture at University College London (UCL) in 2001 but never found the time. I've also (again) fast-forwarded through Kill Bill vol 1 and 2 a bit… more importantly, over the last week I've worked on my New Maintainer backlog and have read over 30 applications and made sure they're complete.